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What the Future Holds: Reflections on Dobbs by NoHLA Executive Director Janet Varon
It is frightening to contemplate a future that prevents people from accessing abortion, a health service that for almost fifty years has been considered constitutionally-protected. There are so many aspects of the Dobbs decision that are excruciatingly painful – including its implications for other bedrock principles of our legal system.
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Legislative update 2022 #2
Friday, March 4th, except those considered necessary to implement the budget. Any differences between House and Senate versions of a bill must be resolved by the end of session, slated for March 10th, along with the passage of the final budget. The Governor then has additional time to sign or veto bills.
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2022 Washington State Legislative Session: Update #1
legislative session: the February 3rd deadline for bills to move out of policy committees in the chamber of origin, and the February 7th deadline to move out of fiscal committees. Bills that are still alive must now survive a floor vote in the chamber of origin by February 15. Some bills have already passed one chamber and moved to the policy committee in the other chamber. The only exceptions from these deadlines are bills deemed “necessary to implement the budget” (NTIB), which could re-emerge later in session.
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NoHLA’s 2022 legislative preview
Nearly two years into the pandemic, many Washingtonians still don’t have access to affordable health coverage and care. Despite seismic shifts in our health care system, too many Washington residents lack health care access due to historical and ongoing inequities related to income, immigration status, disability status, race/ethnicity, age, and gender/sexual identity. On a state […]
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NoHLA welcomes our new staff, Stephanie Dib Wietstruck and Lee Che P. Leong!
We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie Dib Wietstruck and Lee Che Leong to NoHLA! Stephanie Dib Wietstruck joined NoHLA in June 2021 as NoHLA’s Health Equity Advocate. She is pursuing a Health Law Master’s degree at the University of Washington. Since she emigrated to the United States, she has developed a multicultural approach in addressing […]
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